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in a quiet town full of good and decent people that could be any town in america. here in newtown, i come to offer the love and prayers of a nation. i am very mindful that mere words cannot match the depths of your sorrow nor can they heal your wounded hearts. i can only hope it helps for you to know that you're not alone in your grief. that our world, too, has been torn apart. that all across this land of ours, we have wept with you. we've pulled our children tight. and you must know that whatever measure of comfort we can provide, we will provide. whatever portion of sadness that we can share with you to ease this heavy load, we will gladly bear it. newtown, you are not alone. as these difficult days have unfolded, you've also inspired us. the stories of strength and resolve and sacrifice. we know that when danger arrived in the halls of sandy hook elementary, the school's staff did not flinch. they did not hesitate. dawn hochsprung and mary sherlach, vicki soto, lauren russeau, rachel devino and ann marie murphy, they responded as we all might hope we would resp
in a quiet town full of good and decent people that could be any town in america. here in newtown, i come to offer the love and prayers of a nation. i am very mindful that mere words cannot match the depths of your sorrow nor can they heal your wounded hearts. i can only hope it helps for you to know that you're not alone in your grief. that our world, too, has been torn apart. that all across this land of ours, we have wept with you. we've pulled our children tight. and you must know that...
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. >> what can the millions of people in america who are thinking about newtown and grieving along with them, what can we all do for the people of newtown right now? >> yeah, well, from what i understand there's an outpouring of love of people wanting to come alongside in any way they can. as a christian, there's like-minded churches coming alongside by praying and we know that god is sovereign and involved in every detail of the events and we take great encouragement of prayers of christians around the nation wanting to see this be used as it says in romans 8:28 for good for those who trust god and know him. so the good is that we can look past the death and i think so many people get stuck on the death which is tragic, which is terrible, which needs to be acknowledged and grieve and weep with those that weep as the bible tells us in romans chapter 12. we need to do that and not stay there. we need to look at something bigger going on and that is what god is revealing about himself in this and what he's revealing, one, is that there is the reality of sin, there is the reality of death
. >> what can the millions of people in america who are thinking about newtown and grieving along with them, what can we all do for the people of newtown right now? >> yeah, well, from what i understand there's an outpouring of love of people wanting to come alongside in any way they can. as a christian, there's like-minded churches coming alongside by praying and we know that god is sovereign and involved in every detail of the events and we take great encouragement of prayers of...
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for all the work that has gone into thinking about who is allowed to have a gun in america and where you can buy one and what kinds of guns people are allowed to have, that all kind of goes out the window. people can just down load their chosen weapon at home and have it made manifests at their desk, as a fully functioning real-life weapon. we are not far off of that. what's that going to do to work on laws. we have faced technological changes to thinking about guns before. in the late 1980s, advances made it seem inevitable that gunman ewe factturer firms, like glock, for example, would start making fully plastic weapons. and since metal detectors and x-ray machines were and are a major part of how we keep guns out of places that they are not allowed to be in this country, the u.s. congress in 1988 passed something called the undetectable firearms act. it said basically, your gun has to be detectable in an x-ray scanner. it has to have the equivalent x-ray signature of 3.7 ounces of stainless steel, even if you take out the magazine and the stock and the grips. even with those parts
for all the work that has gone into thinking about who is allowed to have a gun in america and where you can buy one and what kinds of guns people are allowed to have, that all kind of goes out the window. people can just down load their chosen weapon at home and have it made manifests at their desk, as a fully functioning real-life weapon. we are not far off of that. what's that going to do to work on laws. we have faced technological changes to thinking about guns before. in the late 1980s,...
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because this is america. and we don't just make things you want, we make things you didn't even know you wanted. like a spoon fork. spray cheese. and jeans made out of sweatpants. so grab yourself some new prilosec otc wildberry. [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. >>> it's going to be a tough holiday season for families in newtown. stockings are being hung for the 20 children who will not have christmas with their families. under the christmas tree in the center of the town. >>> i just had to come. we don't want this to happen again. >> joining mess is pastor parker reareden. pastor, thanks for joining us today. when you think about this, as you've been thinking about what to -- at christmas mass, christmas mass alone is already a very emotional time, but you add in the tragedy. how will you address your congregation? what would your message be? >> well, our message is pretty consist president. it's the whole reason why christ came t
because this is america. and we don't just make things you want, we make things you didn't even know you wanted. like a spoon fork. spray cheese. and jeans made out of sweatpants. so grab yourself some new prilosec otc wildberry. [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. >>> it's going to be a tough holiday season for families in newtown. stockings are being hung for the 20 children who will not have christmas with...
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it's never happened in america that i can recall ever seeing this type of carnage. anybody. anybody that lives in america, anybody that's a proud gun owner, anybody that's a proud them ber of the nra, they're also proud parents and proud grandparents. they understand. this has changed, where we go from here. everything has to be on the table and i think it will be. >> now is the time, not months from now, not years from now, but now. martin luther king, jr. once says change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability but comes through continuous struggle. it will be a struggle to get gun laws changed. but that doesn't mean we shouldn't fight for it. joining me now is congressman joe courtney, democrat from connecticut and congressman john yomoff, democrat from kentucky. thank you both for coming on the show tonight. >> thanks, reverend. >> let me start with you, congressman, the tragedy happened in your home state. what will we be able to get done? when will we get meaningful gun legislation for those victims. >> well, again, last night, the president laid out the challe
it's never happened in america that i can recall ever seeing this type of carnage. anybody. anybody that lives in america, anybody that's a proud gun owner, anybody that's a proud them ber of the nra, they're also proud parents and proud grandparents. they understand. this has changed, where we go from here. everything has to be on the table and i think it will be. >> now is the time, not months from now, not years from now, but now. martin luther king, jr. once says change does not roll...
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the you aurgency of now to take action and assault weapons off the streets of america. to prohibit acquiring these high magazine strips and clips. that shoot volumes of bullets a second. we can fix the national identification background system so that people who should not have weapons and close the gun show loophole. it can be done right now. >> mayor nutter of philadelphia, thank you. >> thank you. >>> and this personal note. he was the last surviving hero of the greatest generation to serve in the united states senate. danielle inouye who represents hawaii in congress since becoming a state. he died yesterday. you might never know he was a true american hero. the 88-year-old was a medal of honor recipient who volunteered after pearl harbor even as his fellow japanese-americans were in internment camps. his unit most decorated in the war caught in a fire fight in italy and inouye shot in the stomach and wounded he continued to fight crawling up a hillside, grabbing a grenade of a wounded arm to kill the germans saving many lives. inouye lost that arm but while recover
the you aurgency of now to take action and assault weapons off the streets of america. to prohibit acquiring these high magazine strips and clips. that shoot volumes of bullets a second. we can fix the national identification background system so that people who should not have weapons and close the gun show loophole. it can be done right now. >> mayor nutter of philadelphia, thank you. >> thank you. >>> and this personal note. he was the last surviving hero of the greatest...
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have a great night. >>> on a typical day in america 33 people are murdered with guns. on a typical day in connecticut no one is murdered with guns. in a typical year here in newtown, connecticut, no one is murdered with a gun, but newtown has now proved to anybody who didn't already know it that the worst american way of death, mass murder, really can happen anywhere. >> reality set in a bit today in newtown, connecticut, a town that laid two 6-year-old boys to rest. >> funerals were held for jack pinto and noah poznor. >> they began at 1:00 toted. >> svrss are planned for tuesday. >> you try to feel their pain, but you can't. you try to find some words that you hope will be adequate knowing that they'll be inadequate. >> we have begun processing the sxefd analyzing the evidence. >> sandy hook elementary could be a crime scene for months. >> we've seized it under search warrants, and we're going to hold those locations until we've completed our work. >> school districts across the country have been boosting security. >> we're going to do our best to secure security sta
have a great night. >>> on a typical day in america 33 people are murdered with guns. on a typical day in connecticut no one is murdered with guns. in a typical year here in newtown, connecticut, no one is murdered with a gun, but newtown has now proved to anybody who didn't already know it that the worst american way of death, mass murder, really can happen anywhere. >> reality set in a bit today in newtown, connecticut, a town that laid two 6-year-old boys to rest. >>...
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. >> i think america is ready. they will have an opportunity with this bill. >> will the president speak out in favor? >> i believe he will. >> after the "new york times" reported that the justice department drew up guidelines for expanded background systems to keep guns out of the hand of the mentally ill. carolyn mak carthy's husband was killed and promised she will embarrass the white house on gun control if she has to release the letter to the president calling for him to take immediate action to improve the background check system for gun purchases in the united states. advocates for gun rights have been strikingly quiet in the last 48 hours. the nra said they would have no comment until all the facts are thoroughly known. betsy fisher marten tweeted they tweeted to all senators in the congress to invite them to share views. no takers. texas congressman was pretty much alone on sunday defending the nation's gun law saying the tragedy could have been stopped if sandy hook's principal had access to her own weapo
. >> i think america is ready. they will have an opportunity with this bill. >> will the president speak out in favor? >> i believe he will. >> after the "new york times" reported that the justice department drew up guidelines for expanded background systems to keep guns out of the hand of the mentally ill. carolyn mak carthy's husband was killed and promised she will embarrass the white house on gun control if she has to release the letter to the president...
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i know that there's not a parent in america who doesn't feel the same overwhelming grief that i do. the majority of those who died today were children. beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. they had their entire lives ahead of them, birthdays, graduations, weddings, and kids of their own. among the fallen were also teachers, men and women who devoted their lives to help our children fulfill their dreams. >> we are back and that is a very emotional president obama at the white house. kristen welker is live with the latest from washington. kristen, it is an interesting and powerful moment in the presidency to realize it is not just a governmental office, but to be president is to be us, the emblematic person, and to react almost like the adult in the family, the grown-up. >> absolutely. absolutely. and president obama today admitting that he was responding to this tragedy not only as the president, but also as a father who has two daughters, and that is how he watched these horrific events unfold. we certainly saw that raw emotion come out when he addr s addres
i know that there's not a parent in america who doesn't feel the same overwhelming grief that i do. the majority of those who died today were children. beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. they had their entire lives ahead of them, birthdays, graduations, weddings, and kids of their own. among the fallen were also teachers, men and women who devoted their lives to help our children fulfill their dreams. >> we are back and that is a very emotional president obama...
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and newtown has been supported because we know america is with newtown. and everywhere i go, again, people are expressing their grief and their sympathies. i will be back in connecticut for the next number of funerals that i have attended, as well as the three days. and i will live forever with the sights and sounds, with the cries of anguish and grief of parents who emerged from that sandy hook firehouse knowing on friday early evening that they would never see their babies, beautiful children who went to school that day ready to build ginger men and learn their abcs. the brutality of this crime on children so young i think has touched something very deep and profound in america. and i hope we can seize this moment. >> senator richard blumenthal of connecticut, thank you so much for your time tonight, sir. good luck. >> thanks. >> all right. we've got lots more ahead. stay with us. >>> we have some breaking news to report at this hour. this news is just coming in right now. it's the independent panel in washington that has been investigating the attack o
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michelle i read a parent said we thought that newtown was the safest place in america. what is the newtown you're finding today? >> reporter: well, the newtown that we're finding today, toure, is one that's grieving. grieving for the children that were expecting to hear that we were killed and family who is are grieving as well as the families who rushed to that school early this morning to be reunited with the kids after the traumatic and tragic experience today and unfolded at the elementary school and this picturesque new england town where one road leads in to the main street and a few businesses and this elementary school sits on a hill. of course, we have heard about these shootings all around the country in the past few decades before but this shooting involves some of the youngest students that we have been hearing about. you mentioned earlier the shooter going in what we believe we're hearing in to a kindergarten room where his mom worked, opened fire there and in other areas of the school and investigators are still at that school at this hour obviously. a lot
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chris, you know, we know the challenge many america. many times we have both parents that are working, so now we have parents who may be in new york city trying to find their way back again to get somebody to come pick up their children in this terrible situation, and we don't know yet, chris, who all the victims are. we know that the shooter is supposedly shot and killed. i have seen one report that a teacher was wounded. we've had other suggestions of sightings of children with blood on them, so we don't know yet the full course of the injury, the damage that's been sustained by the school by the people -- >> one second. we do have sound from one of the children on the scene. let's take a listen. >> i was in the gym, and i heard a loud -- well, i heard, like, seven loud booms, and the gym teacher told us to go in the corner, so we all huddled, and i kept hearing these booming noises, and we all started -- well, we didn't scream. we started crying, so all the gym teachers told us to go into the office where no one could find us, so the
chris, you know, we know the challenge many america. many times we have both parents that are working, so now we have parents who may be in new york city trying to find their way back again to get somebody to come pick up their children in this terrible situation, and we don't know yet, chris, who all the victims are. we know that the shooter is supposedly shot and killed. i have seen one report that a teacher was wounded. we've had other suggestions of sightings of children with blood on them,...
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and his choice of vice president biden signals a robust effort to confront america's foremost gun lobbyists. >> the nra is an organization that has members who are mothers and fathers. and i would expect that they've been impacted by this as well. and hopefully they'll do some self-reflection. >> indeed. self-reflection is something joe biden's recommended as well. confronted by a particularly zealous gun advocate during the youtube presidential debate in 2011. >> tell me your position on gun control as myself and other americans really want to know if our babies are safe. this is my baby. purchased under the 1994 gun ban. >> i tell you what, if that's his baby. he needs help. i think he just made an admission against self-interest. i don't know that he's mentally qualified to own that gun. >> the vice president went on to deliver an em passioned defense of gun control to keep citizens safe from lethal weapons falling into the wrong hands. scripting the federal assault weapons ban. all of which earned mr. biden his "f" rating from the nra. the nra is prepared to offer meaningful contributio
and his choice of vice president biden signals a robust effort to confront america's foremost gun lobbyists. >> the nra is an organization that has members who are mothers and fathers. and i would expect that they've been impacted by this as well. and hopefully they'll do some self-reflection. >> indeed. self-reflection is something joe biden's recommended as well. confronted by a particularly zealous gun advocate during the youtube presidential debate in 2011. >> tell me your...
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guns, we got to question whether military-style weapons and big magazines belong on the streets of america. no one questions the second ahandment to bear arms. i think the president through his leadership could get a bill like that through congress, but at least he's got to try. >> we're learning new details about the time line of friday's devastating attack. police say the gunman, 20-year-old adam lanza was armed with hundreds of rounds of ammunition and in his ram page could have been worse had the police not closed in quickly. peter williams has more on the investigation. >> reporter: the horrifying sequence begins friday morning, they don't know what time. when adam lanza takes hundreds of rounds of ammunition and four firearms from his gun enthusiast mother and shooting her while she lay sleeping. before leaving he damages his computers. just before 9:30 he loads the guns and ammunition into his mother's car and drives the roughly five miles to sandy hook elementary school, a place he knows from his childhood, officials say. >> he had a relationship to the school. had attended there,
guns, we got to question whether military-style weapons and big magazines belong on the streets of america. no one questions the second ahandment to bear arms. i think the president through his leadership could get a bill like that through congress, but at least he's got to try. >> we're learning new details about the time line of friday's devastating attack. police say the gunman, 20-year-old adam lanza was armed with hundreds of rounds of ammunition and in his ram page could have been...
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but some things in america it's only in america. they don't have shoot 'em ups like this around the world. they don't have people with easy access to semiautomatic weapons, click, click, click, that can kill 26 people in ten minutes. what do we do about our american situation? these are problems man made in this country. laws that were passed by men. should they be changed? >> just as the president said, we have got to begin the conversation, and the conversation begins around a table with everyone there. i did go back to arkansas and run for re-election in 1994 having voted for the ban on assault weapons, and i got hit pretty hard, but one of the ways -- >> what's the knock against you for doing it? what's it sound like? >> well, it sounds like i'm trying to take away weapons or guns from, you know, those who want -- >> why do they need semiautomatics to do hunting? what do they need it for? >> the point was when i went home, i went to the nra meetings, and i visited -- there's some people there that didn't want to listen, but ther
but some things in america it's only in america. they don't have shoot 'em ups like this around the world. they don't have people with easy access to semiautomatic weapons, click, click, click, that can kill 26 people in ten minutes. what do we do about our american situation? these are problems man made in this country. laws that were passed by men. should they be changed? >> just as the president said, we have got to begin the conversation, and the conversation begins around a table...
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because this is america. and we don't just make things you want, we make things you didn't even know you wanted. like a spoon fork. spray cheese. and jeans made out of sweatpants. so grab yourself some new prilosec otc wildberry. [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. satisfaction guaranteed customer erin swenson bought so, i'm happy. today. sales go up... i'm happy. it went out today... i'm happy. what if she's not home? (together) she won't be happy. use ups! she can get a text alert, reroute... even reschedule her package. it's ups my choice. are you happy? i'm happy. i'm happy. i'm happy. i'm happy. i'm happy. happy. happy. happy. happy. (together) happy. i love logistics. >>> welcome back to "hardball" as we try to comprehend the tragic mass shooting at that connecticut elementary school today. the question remains can students at school ever feel 100% safe. joining me is larry johnson, president of the national association of schoo
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. >> nobody's freedom in america gives them the right to kill our children. that's not what freedom is. and what governor perry calls a knee-jerk reaction i call it democracy. people call upon their legislators to do the right thing about guns. and there's one thing that president obama could do. bill clinton did it successfully. when you talk about guns, surround yourself on stage with uniformed police officers. the number one gun proponents, gun control proponents in america are police officers. they know what guns do to people. they know what guns do to their fellow officers. they're the first responders. they're also people that kids look up to. we need to get those kind of people involved in massacre prevention. because that's whatt here. >> roger, thank you so much for your time. i greatly appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> coming up, first read team says on the verge of a deal y. they think that. mark murray will join us to explain. when you lost the thing you can't believe you lost. when what you just bought, just broke. or when you have a little troubl
. >> nobody's freedom in america gives them the right to kill our children. that's not what freedom is. and what governor perry calls a knee-jerk reaction i call it democracy. people call upon their legislators to do the right thing about guns. and there's one thing that president obama could do. bill clinton did it successfully. when you talk about guns, surround yourself on stage with uniformed police officers. the number one gun proponents, gun control proponents in america are police...
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. >>> here's your "first look" at some other news going on around america. out west, the tragic connecticut shooting inspired an astounding number of gun owners to turn in their firearms. over two days police in oakland and san francisco received 596 guns, $200 cash was given for each gun until the cash reserve ran out forcing organizers to hand out vouchers. >>> illinois authorities charged 22 fraternity brothers with hazing crimes connected to the death of a northern illinois university freshman. 19-year-old david bogenburger died after taking part in a drinking ritual. his blood alcohol level was 0.8. >>> and michigan rescue crews rushed to save a man who fell 30 feet inside a water tower. the man suffered two broken arms and a broken nose but was hoisted safely out of the tank after spend two hours inside. >>> in sports, victor cruz on shooting victim jack pinto. cruz wrote jack pinto's name on his shoes calling him my hero after the game he talked about how he felt. >> it was emotional, man. i was fighting back tears to do it. it felt good to honor a fa
. >>> here's your "first look" at some other news going on around america. out west, the tragic connecticut shooting inspired an astounding number of gun owners to turn in their firearms. over two days police in oakland and san francisco received 596 guns, $200 cash was given for each gun until the cash reserve ran out forcing organizers to hand out vouchers. >>> illinois authorities charged 22 fraternity brothers with hazing crimes connected to the death of a...
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golden eagles are one of the largest birds in north america. kills me to look at that. >>> two women sue over an extremely public cavity search caught on dash cam. >>> and the instagram controversy gets heat the. >>> and a jail break from 20 stories up. you're watching "first look." [ man ] ring ring... progresso this reduced sodium soup says it may help lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just have to eat it as part of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the soup. all those veggies and beans, that's what may help lower your cholesterol and -- well that's easy [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. >>> some stories making news this morning. there's a huge manhunt under way for two bank robbers who made a daring escape from downtown chicago's high-rise jail. they squeezed through a narrow window and scaled down about 12 stories using a makeshift rope and made their getaway. >>> michigan republican governor rick snyder detailed legislation that would have allowed weapons to be brought into churches, day care centers and sc
golden eagles are one of the largest birds in north america. kills me to look at that. >>> two women sue over an extremely public cavity search caught on dash cam. >>> and the instagram controversy gets heat the. >>> and a jail break from 20 stories up. you're watching "first look." [ man ] ring ring... progresso this reduced sodium soup says it may help lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just have to eat it as part of your heart healthy diet. step 1....
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i think america is ready. they're going to have an opportunity with this bill. >> will the president speak out on it in favor, do you believe? >> i believe he will. >> let's bring in the plitd call panel. nia-malika henderson and keith boykin. let's play what jay carney said in the last hour. >> no single piece of legislation, no single action will fully address the problem. so, i don't have a specific agenda to announce to you today. >> keith, you're a democrat. there are people within your party pressuring the president. dianne feinstein on the phone today. is that enough? why not go after the ban, the legislation? mrs. feinstein said she will have have ready the beginning of the next session. >> it is not enough, you're right. but it is also true no single act will be able to resolve or eliminate the possible tragedies happening in the future. we need a closing gun show loophole. we need better background checks and we limit or restrict high-capacity magazine clips. we need to do more gun control and i thin
i think america is ready. they're going to have an opportunity with this bill. >> will the president speak out on it in favor, do you believe? >> i believe he will. >> let's bring in the plitd call panel. nia-malika henderson and keith boykin. let's play what jay carney said in the last hour. >> no single piece of legislation, no single action will fully address the problem. so, i don't have a specific agenda to announce to you today. >> keith, you're a democrat....
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because this is america. and we don't just make things you want, we make things you didn't even know you wanted. like a spoon fork. spray cheese. and jeans made out of sweatpants. so grab yourself some new prilosec otc wildberry. [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. hi, i'm ensure clear... clear, huh? i'm not juice or fancy water. i've got nine grams of protein. that's three times more than me! [ female announcer ]...
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i know there's not a parent in america who doesn't feel the same overwhelming grief that i do. the majority of those who died today were children. beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. they had their entire lives ahead of them. birthdays, graduations, weddings. kids of their own. among the fallen were also teachers, men and women who devoted their lives to helping our children fulfill their dreams. >> we're back. that was a very emotional president obama early this afternoon at the white house. nbc's kristen welker is live now with the latest from washington. you know, kristen, it's such an interesting and powerful moment in a presidency to realize that it's not just a political office or a governmental office, that being president is to be us, is to be our emblematic person and to react almost like the adult in the family, the grownup. you know? >> reporter: absolutely. absolutely. and president obama today admitting that he was responding to this tragedy not only as the president but also as a father who has two daughters. and that is how he watched th
i know there's not a parent in america who doesn't feel the same overwhelming grief that i do. the majority of those who died today were children. beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. they had their entire lives ahead of them. birthdays, graduations, weddings. kids of their own. among the fallen were also teachers, men and women who devoted their lives to helping our children fulfill their dreams. >> we're back. that was a very emotional president obama early this...
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i know the rest of america will be watching and waiting for his response. >> it's always tricky to try to give advice to people, especially in a situation as horrific as this and the one you went through, but are there ways that -- are there things that happened? you talked about a support system -- that have helped you to begin the healing process? >> i mean to be honest, i think talking about this issue and getting involved with gun violence prevention has been empowering for me and it's helped me tourn to what was essentially a senseless act into something that has more meaning. so not even, you know, gets to that place where they can start talking about this issue, but i mean ultimately i really encourage the people of sandy hook and newtown to reach out to each other and to love each other and support each other. >> have you been feeling that? have you been sensing that in this community? >> absolutely. i mean i was at the memorial last night at 11:30, and there were tons of people there and just talking and just supporting each other. and it's frankly been very inspiring to see t
i know the rest of america will be watching and waiting for his response. >> it's always tricky to try to give advice to people, especially in a situation as horrific as this and the one you went through, but are there ways that -- are there things that happened? you talked about a support system -- that have helped you to begin the healing process? >> i mean to be honest, i think talking about this issue and getting involved with gun violence prevention has been empowering for me...
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it's never happened in america that i can recall ever seeing this type of carnage. anybody, anybody that lives in america, anybody that's a proud gun owner, anyone that's a proud member of the nra, they're also proud parents and proud grandparents. they understand this has changed where we go from here. >> as yet the powerful gun lobby has been largely silent. on friday the nra said it wouldn't comment until all the facts were known, and this morning it appeared that the organization's facebook page had been taken down. joining us now from washington is congressman john larson of connecticut. congressman, thank you for joining us during what we know must be a very, very tough time for both you and your constituents. >> well, happy to be with you, alex. it is -- it is a very tough time for the people of newtown and sandy hook, but last evening the president said it best. they inspire all of us through what they have done and the way their first responders and teachers and families and community have come together. let us hope that that inspiration leads to the same k
it's never happened in america that i can recall ever seeing this type of carnage. anybody, anybody that lives in america, anybody that's a proud gun owner, anyone that's a proud member of the nra, they're also proud parents and proud grandparents. they understand this has changed where we go from here. >> as yet the powerful gun lobby has been largely silent. on friday the nra said it wouldn't comment until all the facts were known, and this morning it appeared that the organization's...
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country almost daily reports of victims, many of them children, in small town and big cities all across america. victims whose much of the time, their only fault was being in the wrong place at the wrong time. in the coming weeks i'll use whatever power this office holds to engage my fellow citizens from law enforcement to mental health professionals, to parents and educators. in an effort aimed at preventing more tragedies like this. because what choice do we have? we can't accept events like this as routine. are we really prepared to say that we're powerless? in the face of such carnage. that the politics are too hard. are we prepared to say such violence visited upon on children year after year is somehow the price of our freedom? >>> with the tragedy in connecticut has put the spotlight on mental health in this country. one mother whose far away from connecticut wrote about the issue that touches her own son. >> my name is liza long, i'm the mother of a mentally ill son. i'm calling my son michael, that's not his real name, he's 13 years old, he's bright, he loves harry potter, he is workin
country almost daily reports of victims, many of them children, in small town and big cities all across america. victims whose much of the time, their only fault was being in the wrong place at the wrong time. in the coming weeks i'll use whatever power this office holds to engage my fellow citizens from law enforcement to mental health professionals, to parents and educators. in an effort aimed at preventing more tragedies like this. because what choice do we have? we can't accept events like...
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and the fact is, the vast majority of gun owners in america are responsible. they buy their guns legally, and they use them safely, whether for hunting or sports shooting, collection, or protection. but, you know what, i am also betting that the majority, the vast majority, of responsible, law-abiding gun owners would be some of the first to say we should be able to keep an irresponsible law-breaking few from buying a weapon of war. i'm willing to bet that they don't think using a gun and using common sense are incompatible ideas, that an unbalanced man shouldn't be able to get his hands on a military-style assault rifle so easily, that in this age of technology, we should be able to check someone's criminal records before he or she can check out at a gun show. that if we work harder to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people, there would be fewer atrocities like the one in newtown or any of the lesser-known tragedies that visit small towns and big cities all across america every day. since friday morning, a police officer was gunned down in memphis, le
and the fact is, the vast majority of gun owners in america are responsible. they buy their guns legally, and they use them safely, whether for hunting or sports shooting, collection, or protection. but, you know what, i am also betting that the majority, the vast majority, of responsible, law-abiding gun owners would be some of the first to say we should be able to keep an irresponsible law-breaking few from buying a weapon of war. i'm willing to bet that they don't think using a gun and using...
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and even at higher levels when you think about the reality if you're a suspected terrorist in america, you can go to the secondary gun market and buy a weapon and conduct the kind of terrorism we saw in mumbai which was done with automatic and semiautomatic weapons. >> the fabric of gun culture is woven into american's lives. how do we put a genie back in a bottle when it comes to modern-day wednesday that our forefathers could never have imagined? >> we cannot put the genie back in the bottle. we can tamper with rules. nobody in washington, not president obama, not senator feinstein is going to confiscate the guns throughout. anyone who is implying otherwise is kidding themselves. >> americans love to drive, they wouldn't have anything else but huge cars. didn't matter about safety, they said. you're not going to change the cigarette culture. it's not one piece of legislation. but the fact there are multiple fronts that people have opened up now. the fact that there is this sense of outrage, the fact that there's one tragedy too many. when you look at other countries where this happe
and even at higher levels when you think about the reality if you're a suspected terrorist in america, you can go to the secondary gun market and buy a weapon and conduct the kind of terrorism we saw in mumbai which was done with automatic and semiautomatic weapons. >> the fabric of gun culture is woven into american's lives. how do we put a genie back in a bottle when it comes to modern-day wednesday that our forefathers could never have imagined? >> we cannot put the genie back in...
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gary wills says america treats guns like a secular god. e.j.dion says depose the false diety. i say amen. we owe it to those 20 newtown babies. that does it for "the cycle." we're on break next week. michael eric dyson is now in for martin. michael eric dyson, what you got to say? >> i say that which you promote is just wonderful. >> happy holidays. >> happy holidays to all of you. thanks, guys, and good afternoon. i'm professor michael eric dyson in for martin bashir on this very busy friday, december the 21st. today speaker boehner lost his way. the president chose his man. and the nra, well, the nra turned tragedy into an opportunity of the worst kind. >> nra has blood on its hands. >> the media demonized lawful gun owners. vicious, violent video games. we have blood-soaked films out there, a thousand music videos, the media. the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. politicians have no business and no authority denying us the right, the ability, and the moral imperative to protect ourselves and our loved ones from harm. i call on congress tod
gary wills says america treats guns like a secular god. e.j.dion says depose the false diety. i say amen. we owe it to those 20 newtown babies. that does it for "the cycle." we're on break next week. michael eric dyson is now in for martin. michael eric dyson, what you got to say? >> i say that which you promote is just wonderful. >> happy holidays. >> happy holidays to all of you. thanks, guys, and good afternoon. i'm professor michael eric dyson in for martin...
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we are producing more energy and america can become an energy exporter. how do we do that in a way that also deals with some of the environmental challenges that we have at the same time. so that's going to be a third thing. but the most immediate thing i've got to do, starting on january 1st, if congress doesn't act before the end of the year, is make sure that taxes are not going up on middle class families. and because it is going to be very hard for the economy to sustain its current growth trends if suddenly we have a huge bite taken out of the average americans' paycheck. >> those are four huge things, you didn't mention after newtown, although i know you're thinking about it, new gun regulations. mayor bloomberg of new york told me couple of weeks ago on this program, that ought to be your number one agenda item. you know how hard this is. do you have the stomach for the political fight for new gun control laws? >> you know, david, i think anybody who was up in newtown, who talked to the parents, who talked to the families, understands that somethi
we are producing more energy and america can become an energy exporter. how do we do that in a way that also deals with some of the environmental challenges that we have at the same time. so that's going to be a third thing. but the most immediate thing i've got to do, starting on january 1st, if congress doesn't act before the end of the year, is make sure that taxes are not going up on middle class families. and because it is going to be very hard for the economy to sustain its current growth...
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this evening, michelle and i will do what i know every parent in america will do. which is hug our children a little tighter. and we'll tell them that we love them. and we'll remind our children how deeply we love one another. but there are families in connecticut who cannot do that tonight. and they need all of us right now. and in the days to come, the community needs us to be at our best as americans. and i will do everything in my power as president to help, because while nothing can feel the space of a lost child or loved one, all of us can extend a hand to those in need. to remind them that we are there for them. that we are praying for them. that the love they felt for those they lost endures not just in their memories, but also in ours. may god bless the memory of the victims. and heal the brokenhearted and bind up their wounds. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone deserves the gift of all day pain relief. this season, discover aleve. all day pain relief with just two pills. [ male announcer ] with a select terrain dial that adjusts the jeep grand cherok
this evening, michelle and i will do what i know every parent in america will do. which is hug our children a little tighter. and we'll tell them that we love them. and we'll remind our children how deeply we love one another. but there are families in connecticut who cannot do that tonight. and they need all of us right now. and in the days to come, the community needs us to be at our best as americans. and i will do everything in my power as president to help, because while nothing can feel...
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america's gift headquarters. walmart. >>> the holiday season just isn't official without christmas day blockbuster movies. one of the biggest and most controversial of the season will be "django unchained" which follows a slave turned bounty hunter trying to rescue his wife. it turns the traditional slave narrative of "roots" on its head. i had the opportunity recently to sit down with two of the movie's stars, jamie foxx and kerry washington and i asked them whether the revenge aspect of the movie was what attracted them to the project. >> it's kind of like the hip-hop generation's "roots" because it's a remix. we don't talk about it as a revenge movie. we talk about it as a love story. this isn't about getting anybody back. this is about django needing to find his wife. it's two people who love each other a lot who can't be together but this time the reason they can't be together is because it was illegal for black people to fall in love and be married, because that kind of commitment would get in the way of se
america's gift headquarters. walmart. >>> the holiday season just isn't official without christmas day blockbuster movies. one of the biggest and most controversial of the season will be "django unchained" which follows a slave turned bounty hunter trying to rescue his wife. it turns the traditional slave narrative of "roots" on its head. i had the opportunity recently to sit down with two of the movie's stars, jamie foxx and kerry washington and i asked them...
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there are 300 million guns in the united states of america. between 280 million and 300 million. 4 million guns come online every year so we're a country saturated with guns and somewhat of a miracle this doesn't happen more than it does. i mean, what do you tell your -- i don't knowful i'm trying to work but that right now. how do you explain evil and breakdown in policy an people who aren't fit to carry a pen knife much less a weapon have access to weapons? even in the state with relatively tough gun laws like connecticut. i don't know how you explain any of that except to say that maybe this is the day to talk about those issues. as much as i understand the impulse to say, this is not the day for politics, maybe we should be having a frank discussion about how to defend ourselves against this kind of violence, how to shape policy so that doesn't happen quite so often. collin goddard, your thoughts? >> we have to have this conversation. i mean, the 32 of us who are killed every single day, this happens all the time. if you follow the logic o
there are 300 million guns in the united states of america. between 280 million and 300 million. 4 million guns come online every year so we're a country saturated with guns and somewhat of a miracle this doesn't happen more than it does. i mean, what do you tell your -- i don't knowful i'm trying to work but that right now. how do you explain evil and breakdown in policy an people who aren't fit to carry a pen knife much less a weapon have access to weapons? even in the state with relatively...
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in fact, it's the most popular rifle in america. owned by some 3 million people. this model at bud's gun shop just sold out online this very afternoon. another model seen here from the bushmaster's website shows the many features of such a weapon, and heard on the video, a chilling reminder of the sound that rang through the school as the shooting began on friday morning. a horrifying noise, if ever there was one. i want to bring in nbc news justice correspondent pete williams with us from washington. pete, this weapon that lanza used at sandy hook elementary, a military-style rifle with 30 rounds in the clip, hundreds more at the ready, this is legal in a state with an assault weapons ban. tell our audience how is that possible? >> it's possible because of the way that assault weapons are defined in the law. this was true in the original assault weapons ban that was a federal one from 1994 to 2004. what it does is it says if a weapon possesses a certain number of features that the law considers to be primarily for military purpose such as a flash suppressor or a
in fact, it's the most popular rifle in america. owned by some 3 million people. this model at bud's gun shop just sold out online this very afternoon. another model seen here from the bushmaster's website shows the many features of such a weapon, and heard on the video, a chilling reminder of the sound that rang through the school as the shooting began on friday morning. a horrifying noise, if ever there was one. i want to bring in nbc news justice correspondent pete williams with us from...
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he could have gotten into any building of any type in america. we have to be mindful of the fact that your children are safe and loved and they are going to be challenged in their schools. i'm more concerned about the angry parent who comes in, is upset that her child had a detention at this point than i am an individual coming in. this individual was dealing with something that is beyond our scope of comprehension. we have safe schools. we do. 65 million children were in school on friday, public schools, and 65 million are there today. >> so the shooter in this was in school not so long ago himself, growing up. for parents out there that might be concerned about the mental health of their young one in their lives, what is the recommendation, suggestions for them to get ahold of it? >> the recommendation is to not be in denial. it's very difficult to acknowledge that your child may be different or that your child may have certain challenges. we know that there is a real challenge in that the mental health system is not geared up to work with, for
he could have gotten into any building of any type in america. we have to be mindful of the fact that your children are safe and loved and they are going to be challenged in their schools. i'm more concerned about the angry parent who comes in, is upset that her child had a detention at this point than i am an individual coming in. this individual was dealing with something that is beyond our scope of comprehension. we have safe schools. we do. 65 million children were in school on friday,...
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because this is america. and we don't just make things you want, we make things you didn't even know you wanted. like a spoon fork. spray cheese. and jeans made out of sweatpants. so grab yourself some new prilosec otc wildberry. [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. [ male announcer ] the rhythm of life. [ whistle blowing ] where do you hear that beat? campbell's healthy request soup lets you hear it... in your heart. [ basketball bouncing ] heart healthy. great taste. mmm... [ male announcer ] sounds good. it's amazing what soup can do. >>> take a look at that mudslide, right on to a train. that's incredible. shows you the force of -- the power of earth. yesterday a mudslide knocked the train right off the track. must have been a lot of rain there. mr. billc karins has more. >> was the guy just filming the train or did he think it was going to collapse? >> why was he in such a good position at the right time? >> was he up there with a
because this is america. and we don't just make things you want, we make things you didn't even know you wanted. like a spoon fork. spray cheese. and jeans made out of sweatpants. so grab yourself some new prilosec otc wildberry. [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. [ male announcer ] the rhythm of life. [ whistle blowing ] where do you hear that beat? campbell's healthy request soup lets you hear it... in your heart. [...
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. >> i think america was looking for ways to demonstrate their grief, caring, empathy. >> reporter: to the other side of the world. >> i thought, if this makes someone smile, that's a pretty good thing. >> reporter: as more and more people shared their good deeds online, they inspired others. teachers inspired their students. in rhode island, they are collecting food and books for underprivilege. >> they by far exceeded anything i could have expected. >> reporter: after giving hand warmers to her bus driver, stephanie challenged her co-workers to do something, too. now, the drivers at chicago's w hotel is sharing each of their acts of kindness on the company's facebook page. >> we have so many employees and so many people can do good things and hopefully people will pick up and pass it on. >> reporter: adding to an unexpected surge of good will. there's no telling how far it can gil can go. >>> jessica simpson addressing pregnancy rumors. >>> and super sized movie, why are these movies so long? straight ahead. msnbc. >>> welcome back to "first look." christmas should be a day of joy an
. >> i think america was looking for ways to demonstrate their grief, caring, empathy. >> reporter: to the other side of the world. >> i thought, if this makes someone smile, that's a pretty good thing. >> reporter: as more and more people shared their good deeds online, they inspired others. teachers inspired their students. in rhode island, they are collecting food and books for underprivilege. >> they by far exceeded anything i could have expected. >>...
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i don't know if america can take anymore scenes like this. i hope this wake up call will really lead to our dealing with all of the issues that are connected to this. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. a live edition of "hardball" is up next. [ thunder crashes ] [ female announcer ] some people like to pretend a flood could never happen to them. and that their homeowners insurance protects them. [ thunder crashes ] it doesn't. stop pretending. only flood insurance covers floods. ♪ visit floodsmart.gov/pretend to learn your risk. but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now i can be in the scene. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, advair contains both an anti-inflammatory
i don't know if america can take anymore scenes like this. i hope this wake up call will really lead to our dealing with all of the issues that are connected to this. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. a live edition of "hardball" is up next. [ thunder crashes ] [ female announcer ] some people like to pretend a flood could never happen to them. and that their homeowners insurance protects them. [ thunder crashes ] it doesn't. stop pretending. only flood insurance covers floods....
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it's about what kind of america do we want. the only way to win is rebuild a new social justice movement in the united states. >> thank you so much, bob king in michigan. >> thank you to josh. coming up, we are going to go back live to newtown, connecticut, for the latest on the school shooting and president obama's visit later today. >>> welcome back. i'm melissa harris-perry. this hour, we have a lot to get to including the housing rebound headlines you have been seeing as well as the renewal for the against women act. first, we want to make sure you have the latest information on newtown. president obama will visit the shaken community today. we go to chris jansing who has been in newtown since the news broke on friday. what is the latest? >> reporter: good morning to you. we are learning more about the shooter who was described by people who knew him well as a loner. we know now, for the first time that he went to sandy hook elementary school, where, of course, he opened fire killing 20 students and six adults. when he walk
it's about what kind of america do we want. the only way to win is rebuild a new social justice movement in the united states. >> thank you so much, bob king in michigan. >> thank you to josh. coming up, we are going to go back live to newtown, connecticut, for the latest on the school shooting and president obama's visit later today. >>> welcome back. i'm melissa harris-perry. this hour, we have a lot to get to including the housing rebound headlines you have been seeing...
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we are producing more energy and america can become an energy exporter. how do we do that in a way that also deals with some of the environmental challenges that we have at the same time? so that's going to be a third thing. but the most immediate thing i've got to do, starting on january 1st, if congress doesn't act before the end of the year, is make sure that taxes are not going up on middle class families. and because it is going to be very hard for the economy to sustain its current growth trends if suddenly we have a huge bite taken out of the average americans' paycheck. >> those are four huge things, you didn't mention after newtown, although i know you're thinking about it, new gun regulations. mayor bloomberg of new york told me couple of weeks ago on this program, that ought to be your number one agenda item. you know how hard this is. do you have the stomach for the political fight for new gun control laws? >> you know, david, i think anybody who was up in newtown, who talked to the parents, who talked to the families, understands that somethi
we are producing more energy and america can become an energy exporter. how do we do that in a way that also deals with some of the environmental challenges that we have at the same time? so that's going to be a third thing. but the most immediate thing i've got to do, starting on january 1st, if congress doesn't act before the end of the year, is make sure that taxes are not going up on middle class families. and because it is going to be very hard for the economy to sustain its current growth...
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the club for growth and heritage action for america. related to the heritage foundation which jim demint has taken over. funny but i don't remember them asking for offsetting cuts when they funded the iraq war. >> right. and this is a classic example, i think, of what went wrong for the republican party in the last couple years. in the 2012 election and the years leading up to it. this sort of -- when you apply the purity that they have sort of embraced in, the conservative purity on issue after issue, it puts them in a minority position. this is what really hampered mitt romney more than anyone else as a nominee. he had the capable theoretically to be a moderate candidate if he wanted to be. he could be anything. but because of where the party was, because of how this purity -- this sort of purity mind-set had embedded itself in the party, mitt romney was extremely limited in anything he could say, in any position he could take. these are the sorts of positions the conservatives have been demanding they take. and it's got to change. >>
the club for growth and heritage action for america. related to the heritage foundation which jim demint has taken over. funny but i don't remember them asking for offsetting cuts when they funded the iraq war. >> right. and this is a classic example, i think, of what went wrong for the republican party in the last couple years. in the 2012 election and the years leading up to it. this sort of -- when you apply the purity that they have sort of embraced in, the conservative purity on...
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if america is going to learn anything from this tragedy, we need to understand how it happened, why it happened. for more on this i'm joined by dave cullen, author of "columbine." dave, it's good to see you. after columbine people thought they had it figured out. i was there. so much was reported in the early hours and days that turned out not to be true. we're starting to see some of that here, for example. early on, we were told the mother of the shooter was a teacher, now they're saying she had no affiliation with the school whatsoever. this doesn't surprise you, i take it? >> no, it doesn't. after columbine, i guess it was about two and a half days after, we had the whole thing figured out. everybody in the country knew why it happened. it was two loaner out cast goths from the trench coat mafia who went on a revenge rampage to get revenge on behalf of the trench coat mafia. and everybody understood that the media was everywhere. it was on the front page of the "new york times," everything else, without questioning it. unfortunately most people still believe that today, even though
if america is going to learn anything from this tragedy, we need to understand how it happened, why it happened. for more on this i'm joined by dave cullen, author of "columbine." dave, it's good to see you. after columbine people thought they had it figured out. i was there. so much was reported in the early hours and days that turned out not to be true. we're starting to see some of that here, for example. early on, we were told the mother of the shooter was a teacher, now they're...
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any problem america has the nra says, throw more guns at it, and it will away. i agree, we do not need a major constitutional conversation about this. this part of the constitution is no longer applicable to this conversation. >> i'm going ask you all then, what is the solution if it's not legislation or the change in the constitution. what are the baby steps. stay with us, we will take a break and we will continue on the other side of the break. cle? i'm not juice or fancy water. i've got nine grams of protein. that's three times more than me! [ female announcer ] ensure clear. nine grams protein. zero fat. in blueberry/pomegranate and peach. this reduced sodium soup says it may help lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just have to eat it as part of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the soup. all those veggies and beans, that's what may help lower your cholesterol and -- well that's easy [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. you won't just find us online, you'll also find us in person, with dedicated support teams at over 500 branches
any problem america has the nra says, throw more guns at it, and it will away. i agree, we do not need a major constitutional conversation about this. this part of the constitution is no longer applicable to this conversation. >> i'm going ask you all then, what is the solution if it's not legislation or the change in the constitution. what are the baby steps. stay with us, we will take a break and we will continue on the other side of the break. cle? i'm not juice or fancy water. i've...